Personnel Index - Detail
Name
COXILL
First Names
Leonard Arthur
Rank
P/O
Service
RAF
Service Number
1332737 (NCO) 156325 (Officer)
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
Posted in 6/43 and out 1/44
Flew a tour of 30 operations. On the 21st January 1944 a raid on Magdeburg was the 'end of tour' operation.
Awarded the DFC.....15th February 1944.
Image courtesy of Robert East (nephew of Leonard Coxill)
The above image shows the crash landing of Lancaster EE186........Leonard flew this aircraft to Hannover on the 8th October 1943. Details of the loss (with another squadron) can be read on the following link.....opens in a new window.
Aircrew Remembered
Leonard Arthur Coxill died in a plane crash whilst flying from Little Rissington on the 11th October 1951.
Details of the accident are in the link below (opens in a new window).